
WHEN MOTHER 

LETS US MAKE TOYS 



G.ELLINGWOOD RICH 




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WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 




In Partnership 



WHEN MOTHER LETS US 
MAKE TOYS 



A BOOK WHICH DEVELOPS INGENUITY AND 
INVENTIVE POWER THROUGH THE MAKING 
OF UNIQUE TOYS OUT OF MATERIALS WHICH 
EVERY BOY AND GIRL CAN GET WITH AL- 
MOST NO EXPENSE. 



By G. ELLINGWOOD RICH 

Teacher of Art and Manual Training, Brooklyn Training 

School for Teachers; Author of "When Mother Lets 

Us Make Paper Box Furniture. 1 * 

ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR 




NEW YORK 
MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY 

1915 



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Copyright, 1914, by 

MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY 

NEW YORK 



All Eights Reserved 



FEB 20 1915 



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TO 
MY SISTER 

WHO SHARES WITH ME 

MEMORIES OF A CHILDHOOD 

MADE HAPPY BY THE THINGS 

OUR MOTHER LET US DO. 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
TOYS 

PAGE 

See-Saw 32 

Doll Carriage 36 

Wheelbarrow 40 

Lawn Mower 42 

Bake 42 

Stepladder 46 

Pony Cart 50 

Baby Sulky 52 

Baby Swung 56 

Cannon 60 

Fort 62 

Battleship 64 

Garden Swing . 66 

Frylng Pan 70 

Kettle 70 

Dog Kennel 74 

Two-Story Cottage 76 

Croquet Set 80 

Ring Toss 82 

Chicken Coop 86 

Bungalow 88 

Scales 92 

"Dairy Lunch" Table 94 

"Dairy Lunch" Chair 94 

Trolley Car 98 

House with Stairway 104 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 

PAGE 

Rocking Horse 108 

Roller Coaster 112 

Coupe 116 

Locomotive 118 

RHYMES 

toymakers 15 

^Sunshine Band" 29 

Up and Down They'll Go 30 

A Thoughtful Little Mother 34 

The Gardener 38 

Imitating Father 44 

The Harness Maker .48 

To and Fro 54 

A Marksman 58 

A Watch-Dog 72 

Playing Croquet 78 

An Easter Gift 84 

Playing Store 90 

Chums 96 

Great Fun 110 

Making Calls 114 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 

In Paktnership Frontispiece 

PAGE 

Tools 18 

Other "Helps" . . 19 

See-saw 31 

Details of See-saw 33 

Doll Carriage 35 

Details of Doll Carriage ........ 37 

Wheelbarrow 39 

Details of Wheelbarrow 41 

Lawn Mower and Rake 43 

Stepladder 45 

Details of Stepladder 47 

Pony Cart 49 

Details of Pony Cart 51 

Baby Sulky 53 

Baby Swing 55 

Details of Baby Swing 57 

Cannon 59 

Details of Cannon 61 

Fort . . . 63 

Battleship 65 

Garden Swing 67 

Details of Garden Swing 68 

Details of Garden Swing [continued] 69 

Frying Pan and Kettle 71 

Dog Kennel 73 

Details of Dog Kennel 75 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 

PAGE 

Two-Story Cottage 77 

Croquet Set 79 

Details of Croquet Set 81 

King Toss 83 

Chicken Coop 85 

Details of Chicken Coop 87 

Bungalow 89 

Scales 91 

Details of Scales 93 

"Dairy Lunch Room" 95 

Chums 97 

Trolley Car 99 

Details of Trolley Car 100 

Details of Trolley Car [continued] 101 

Details of Trolley Car [concluded] 103 

House with Stairway 105 

Pattern of Eocking Horse 106 

Eocking Horse 107 

Details of Eocking Horse 109 

Eoller Coaster Ill 

Details of Eoller Coaster 113 

Coupe 115 

Details of Coupe 117 

Locomotive 119 

Details of Locomotive 120 

Details of Locomotive [continued] 121 



WHEN MOTHER LETS US 
MAKE TOYS 



FOREWORD TO GROWN-UPS. 

The author's aim in offering this little book 
to the child world is fourfold : 

To make children happy. 

To develop their ingenuity and resourceful- 
ness. 

To train their hands to be skillful. 

To provide independent occupation for their 
active minds and busy fingers. 



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TO YOUNG INVENTORS. 

Every wide awake boy and girl knows that this 
big world of ours is full of wonderful things in- 
vented and made by men and women. 

I'm sure that many of you would like to be- 
come great inventors when you grow up and 
make clever and ingenious things. But you 
need not wait until you grow up. You can be- 
gin now and invent things for the little folks in 
your child world. 

This little book shows just how to make a great 
many ingenious toys. Almost every toy has 
some fascinating motion. It either rolls, slides, 
rocks, swings or shoots. When you have suc- 
ceeded in making these, I am sure you will be 
brimming over with ideas all your own for other 
toys which no one else has ever thought of 
making. 

Then, indeed, you will be real inventors, in- 
genious and clever in making original toys ; and 
perhaps, -per-haps you'll some day grow to be 
very wonderful inventors of whom we'll all be 
proud. 



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TOYMAKERS. 

A host of clever ideas is here 

For ingenious girls and boys, 
With pictures clear, directions and rhymes, 

For making attractive toys. 

The things of which the toys are made 

Are of a simple kind; 
Such things as mother '11 let you have, 

Or 'round your house you'll find. 

Some boxes and some fasteners 

You'll need for each new thing. 
For some, use buttons, beads or spools ; 

For others, hairpins, string. 

And best of all, as you'll agree, 

When making them you try, 
Is that their cost is nowhere near 

As much as toys you buy. 

So get your knife and scissors, too, 
And pliers, perhaps you'll need; 

And quite a toymaker you'll become, 
If directions you will heed. 



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MATERIALS. 

You will need at least one paper box for every 
toy and for some of the toys you'll need several 
boxes. You can get many fine strong boxes at 
the stores in your neighborhood by simply ask- 
ing for them. You'll be surprised when you 
find how many are thrown away every day. 
When you tell the store-keeper that you are turn- 
ing these discarded boxes into attractive toys, 
he will be sure to save them for you. 

You will need ordinary spools for some toys, 
and for others the kind on which narrow ribbon 
is wound. Any small dry goods store will save 
these ribbon spools for you. 

Wooden button molds are very useful and if 
you have to buy them they will not cost much. 
Small ones cost about three cents a dozen and 
very large ones cost only ten cents a dozen. 

Ordinary straight wire hairpins are needed 
for several toys. Mother will probably give you 
a few of these. 

A pasteboard mailing tube is suggested for a 
couple of the toys and father can probably find 
one for you at his office. He may also have a 
few large elastic bands he can give you and per- 
haps he has a little coil of thick copper wire he 
doesn't need. If he hasn't any wire, you can 
get all you'll need at any hardware store for a 
few cents. 



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Some brass embroidery or curtain rings are 
needed and you can probably find these around 
the bouse. Of course you can find plenty of 
string and heavy cord. A few large glass or 
wooden beads, such as children string, will make 
some of the toys more complete. 

One toy makes use even of the tongs from a 
candy box, cotton wadding and little one cent 
American flags. Another suggests using a 
"dowel." Perhaps you do not know what a 
dowel is. It is a long stick like a cane which 
a cabinet maker cuts up and uses to fasten pieces 
of wood together. You will see some used be- 
tween the leaves of your extension table. Tou 
can buy one in any carpenter shop. A small 
curtain rod might be used for the same purpose. 

When you begin to invent toys yourself, you 
will find that you can use all sorts of discarded 
things. So it will be a good plan, when you start 
in this toymaking business, to get a good sized 
box and make a collection of odds and ends which 
may prove useful. 



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Tools. 



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Other "Helps." 



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PROPORTIONS. 

You will wish each toy that you make to look 
as real as can be ; so be very, very careful about 
its proportions. 

Choose your materials so that each part of a 
toy is just the size to look right with the other 
parts. For instance, if you have for wheels 
the largest button molds that you can get, you 
should choose for the wagon, a box which is 
small enough to look right with the wheels. 

If you are making a locomotive, be sure to use 
for the stack a mailing tube which is small 
enough so that it will not look too large for the 
rest of the engine. 

Be patient and persistent in hunting for 
just the right materials and your toys will be 
really fine ones. 




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"SCORING." 

If you wish to bend a stiff piece of cardboard 
so that it will make a nice straight edge you 
should " score" it. 

Lay a ruler along the line where you wish to 
bend the cardboard and make a light, clean-cut 
scratch with the knife. This is called " scor- 
ing." Bend the cardboard so that the " scor- 
ing" is on the outside. 

The roof of the dog-kennel was " scored" be- 
fore it was bent. 



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CUTTING. 

To cut a box into two pieces, draw down the 
sides and across the bottom, making it " square" 
by using a carpenter's square, a draughtsman's 
triangle, or the corner of another box. Use 
scissors to cut down the vertical sides of the box ; 
if the scissors will not cut quite to tile bottom, 
finish with the knife. Score across the bot- 
tom, and bend it. By bending back and forth, 
the two pieces will come apart. 

To cut a piece out of the edge of a box as in 
shaping the body of the baby carriage, use scis- 
sors to make two cuts down from the edge ; use 
the knife to score across between the cuts, and 
bend the piece back and forth until it comes 
out. 

To cut a piece out like the windows of the 
house, use a ruler to shape the "hole"; stick the 
point of the knife through the cardboard at the 
corner of the "hole" and, with a sawing motion, 
carefully follow the lines. To prevent the card- 
board from tearing, put your hand underneath 
to support it, but be very careful to keep your 
fingers away from the knife. 



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FASTENING. 

The different parts of each toy are to be fast- 
ened together with brass paper fasteners. Glue 
is not satisfactory because it will not securely 
hold together the heavy cardboard and because 
time is wasted waiting for it to dry. The toys 
must be strong and securely fastened so that you 
can play with them. 

While two parts are held in place stick the 
point of the knife through both pieces. Push 
the prongs of the fastener through the little slit 
and separate them on the other side; then flat- 
ten them in opposite directions. 

Fasteners cost about ten cents for a box con- 
taining one hundred of medium length. Longer 
ones are useful in some toys and cost only a few 
cents more. 

Parts can be fastened together by punching 
two holes instead of one slit, and using wire or 
string threaded in a short darning needle. This 
method of fastening is much slower, more diffi- 
cult and less firm. 




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MENDING AND STRENGTHENING. 

If a corner of a box is split you can still use 
the box by mending it with gummed cloth tape. 

This tape is sold in stationery stores. It 
comes in a roll like any tape except that it is 
in a small box which has a little slit in its side 
through which the tape pulls like a tape meas- 
use. 

When a toy is made, but before it is painted, 
it is a good plan to strengthen the parts which 
would be most easily split or broken in playing 
with it. 

Pull the tape out and cut off a piece of the 
right length. Then fit it around the corner or 
along the edge which you wish to strengthen. 
Before you moisten the glued side of the tape 
crease it hard with your thumb nail. This will 
make a nice sharp edge and a close fit so that the 
tape will hardly show after it is covered with 
paint. 




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HOW TO USE WIRE. 

To bend wire a pair of small " square-nosed" 
pliers is very useful. If you try to bend wire 
without using pliers your fingers will be hurt 
and the bend will not be satisfactory. 

Ordinary wire hairpins can be straightened 
out with pliers and used for axles. If they are 
too short you will need a small coil of wire from 
which you can cut pieces the length you wish. 
Copper wire, which is between one-sixteenth and 
one-eighth of an inch thick, is about right and 
costs about two cents a yard. 

To "cut off" a piece of wire, hold it firmly 
between the jaws of the pliers and bend it sharply 
back and forth until it breaks. 

In bending the end of an axle to keep a wheel 
from coming off be careful not to break it off. 




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PAINTING. 

The toys are very attractive when finished 
whether they are painted or not, but don't you 
think that a Hack locomotive, a white baby car- 
riage, or a red swing will look much more "real" 
because of its color ? 

Most paper boxes have printed labels which 
will show right through paint unless it is thick. 
In any paint shop you can buy thick paint which 
will have a nice shiny surface when it dries. 
It is called "enamel" and can be bought in small 
ten cent cans. It comes in a great variety of 
colors. If several toys are to be painted the 
same color, it will be cheaper to buy larger cans. 

If the boxes are clean and without labels a 
thin stain can be used. A coat of shellac over 
the stain will make it shine like varnish. Trans- 
parent shellac can be bought in pint bottles for 
about twenty cents. 

It will be convenient to have several brushes 
but it is only necessary to have one because, with 
care, it can be kept clean and soft even though 
used for different colors. When cleaning 
brushes, be sure to use the right things or they 
will get stiff so they cannot be used. 



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PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS: 

Choose a place to work — table in nursery — 
work shop — kitchen table — barn — back porch — 
under a tree in the orchard or back yard — bench 
in wood shed. 

Spread papers or oil cloth to protect mother's 
floors, carpets and furniture from paint. 

Choose some place to put your toys while dry- 
ing where no one is liable to put other things 
which might be damaged by the paint. 

Use a screw driver to pry off the cover of the 
paint cans ; scissors or knife will break if used 
for this purpose. 

Use a small stick like a meat skewer or old 
pen-holder to stir your paint from the bottom. 
It will need to be stirred thoroughly each time 
it is used. If a crust forms over the top of the 
paint in the can, pick it out and throw it away. 

Paint all the underneath and lower parts first, 
while you are still able to hold it in your hands ; 
then set it down and hold an upper corner while 
you paint all the rest ; then let go and paint that 
corner. 

Put the cover on the can when you have fin- 
ished. If the paint has thickened on the edge 
of the can it should be scraped off because the 
paint will dry up if the cover is not tightly 
closed. 



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Thoroughly clean your brushes, using: 

Water for glue brushes. 
Alcohol for shellac brushes. 
Turpentine or kerosene for paint brushes. 

Thoroughly clean your hands, using turpen- 
tine or kerosene and then hot water and soap. 
A little toilet water will take away the smell of 
turpentine. 

Put your painting materials in some place 
where mother lets you keep such things. 

Pick up and destroy all the soiled papers. 




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SUNSHINE BAND. 

If you'd like to make someone happy 

And add to childhood's joys, 
You might do what is here suggested 

For generous girls and boys. 

You might find for yourself a partner, 

Who'll work with willing hand; 
You might organize your little friends 

Into a "Sunshine" band. 

For some sick little child who is lonesome, 

Who cannot romp and play, 
You can make of your boxes, such playthings, 

That you'll brighten his weary day. 

And the children in tenements tall, 

Whose toys are very few, 
Would be pleased with the smallest thing 

That you little folks could do. 

If you'd like to make toys for a table 

At your church fair to sell, 
You will find that in this little book, 

There are things you can make quite well. 



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UP AND DOWN THEY'LL GO. 

Just get two little jointed dolls 
Whose legs will bend, you know. 

Then set them in the teeter seats 
And up and down they'll go. 

And so that they won't fall or slide 
I'd make them quite secure, 

I'd tie them both into their seats 
And they'll be safe, I'm sure. 



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SEE-SAW. 

Use a chocolate peppermint box and a small, 
deep box with a square base, like a shoe dressing 
or druggist's box. 

1. Turn the cover up side down. 

2. Cut away one small end of the cover and 
of the box. 

3. Push the box into its cover just far enough 
to fasten them together to form one long box. 
[If you have a very long peppermint box, you 
may use the box alone.] 

4. Look carefully at the picture and shape the 
seats; cut holes for the dolls' feet to go through. 

5. Make the base by cutting the other box as 
shown in the details. 

6. Pivot the parts together with a hairpin. 
If it does not exactly balance, prick new holes 
and readjust it. 

7. Paint it bright red. 



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Chocolate Peppermint Box 
Cover-end tut away Box- end cut away 




Partly pushed together and fastened 




Seats shaped -Holes cut for dolls' feet 
Hairpin put through middle 






Base-shaped from shoe dressing box 




Both parts joined by hairpin 



Details of See-Saw. 



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A THOUGHTFUL LITTLE MOTHER. 

If your mother '11 let you have some wool 
Which is nice and soft and white, 

You can knit a little blanket warm, 
And then tuck your doll in tight. 

On a little pillow fresh and clean 
Which from dainty cloth you've made, 

Lay your baby doll to rest and sleep, 
And be sure to adjust the shade. 

If you're busy with your doll-house work, 
And your baby needs fresh air, 

Wheel her out into the garden cool, 
She will surely sleep well there. 



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DOLL CARRIAGE. 

Use two small candy boxes of the same size, 
eight largest size wooden button molds, about 
18" of copper wire and a few large beads. 

1. Turn one box bottom up ; stand its cover on 
top of it; fasten them firmly together. 

2. Shape the body and lower part as shown 
in the details. 

3. Put enough beads on the wire to make the 
handle as wide as the carriage. Bend the wire 
sharply to hold the beads in place. Push the 
ends of the wire through two holes at the bottom, 
back corners of the carriage body. Push them 
down through two more holes in the floor of the 
carriage. Be sure you have left enough for a 
good handle and then bend the ends sharply back 
against the under side of the carriage. 

4. From the other box cut the canopy and 
pivot it inside the body so that it will move. 

5. From what is left of the second box, cut a 
low seat and fasten it so that it covers the wires 
on the floor of the carriage. 

6. Glue two button molds face to face to form 
one wheel. Put the wheels on with wire axles. 

7. Paint the carriage white. 



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Two candy boxes-same size 
t Eight wooden button "molds 
About 18 inches of copper wire 
A few beads 




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Box- bottom up Body of carriage shaped 

Cover fastened, to it Bottom shaped to hold axles 



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LooAm^down **""" ;? 

on 
Carriage floor ~=;r» 




Canopy cut from Wire pushed through holes at back- 
one end of the down through holes in floor- 
second box bent back flat under the bottom 




handle bent up Canopy pivoted with fasteners 
and curved-wires Wheels=two button molds 
covered by seat (jlued tcxjether-ha'ir pin axles 



Details of Doll Carriage. 



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THE GARDENER. 

When you with your cutter sharp 
The lawn have nicely mowed, 

Rake the grass into a heap 
And into your wheelbarrow load. 

If before your little house 
A garden you would make, 

In your barrow wheel some dirt, 
Several loads perhaps 'twill take. 



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WHEELBARROW. 

Use a small candy box, two largest size wooden 
button molds and a few beads or corks. 

1. Stand the box on top of its cover. Slide 
the box so that about one third of it is projecting 
beyond the end of the cover. Fasten them to- 
gether. 

2. Shape them to form the legs, handles, body 
and wheel supports as shown in the details. 

3. Glue two button molds face to face to form 
the wheel. 

4. Punch two holes for the axle. 

5. Put the axle through the supports and the 
wheel with enough beads on each side of the 
wheel to keep it in the middle. If you haven't 
the beads, put a small cork on each side of the 
wheel and whittle or file it down like the handle 
on the little brass kettle. 

6. Paint the wheelbarrow bright red. 



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Candy Joox and cover 




Box fastened through botto™totopofcover 
Qm grid of each cut away. 







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Parts of box and cover cut away to form 
lec;>s -handles-body- wheel supports/ 




Two button molds $ued toother to form wheel. 
Hairpin axle -beads on axle each side of wheel. 



Details of Wheelbarrow. 



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LAWN MOWER AND RAKE. 

Use two large spools of the same size, a meat 
skewer or match, and heavy copper wire. 

1. Stand one spool on its end; whittle down 
the lower end until it is the same size and smooth- 
ness as the middle of spool. Stand it on its 
other end and do the same thing. This is the 
back " roller." 

2. Stand the other spool on its end; with the 
point of a knife make deep cuts down the middle 
part of spool. Slant the cuts so that V-shaped 
pieces of wood will fall out. This will give the 
suggestion of " cutters" between the " wheels." 

3. Use about two feet of wire. Push it 
through " roller"; bend sharply at ends of " rol- 
ler" making both ends the same length. Push 
both ends of wire through the " cutter" in op- 
posite directions. Bend sharply up and across 
until they meet. Twist these tightly together 
until the handle is the right length. 

4. Bend the ends sharply out, then in. Cut 
wire off where they meet. Fit in a piece of 
skewer or match ; bind with gummed tape. 

5. Paint "cutter" silver; paint "wheels" 
bright red with black "tires." 



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Lawn mower and Rake. 



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IMITATING FATHER. 



When father has finished with all of his work, 

He puts his stepladder away. 
So fold up this little one just as he does, 

As soon as you've finished your play. 



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Stepladder. 



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STEPIADDER. 

Use two corset box covers of the same size. 

1. Cut a piece one inch wide from each end of 
each cover. These four pieces are the four 
steps. 

2. Cut the remaining part of one of the covers 
into halves. 

3. Pivot the two halves at the top with a hair- 
pin. 

4. Adjust two strings near the bottom to limit 
the distance they can spread apart. 

5. From what is left of the other cover cut 
the top platform as shown in the details. 

6. Fasten the platform at the top so that it is 
in a horizontal position when the legs are spread. 

7. Fasten the four steps equal distances apart. 

8. Paint the stepladder brown. 



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Two corset box covers- same size 



Cut four ends for steps. Top platform 

Cut remaining piece into halves for uprights. 




Pivot 'halves with hair p'm at top-Limit spread with string 
Cut slats in uprights -Fasten in steps and top platform. 



Details of Stepladder. 



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THE HARNESS MAKER. 

When the little cart is done 

And ready for a trip, 
Whittle off a little switch 

And use it for the whip. 

Make the reins of tape or cord 
A blanket, too, you'll need, 

To throw upon the pony's back 
When he stops to take his feed. 

With another piece of cord 

A little halter make, 
And so that he won't run away, 

I'd tie him to a stake. 



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PONY CART. 

Use a writing paper box. 

1. Cut two ends of the box to use as seats. 

2. Use the cover for the body of the carriage. 

3. Fasten the seats into the body as shown in 
the details. The seats should be put about one 
inch below the top edge of the cover. 

4. Cut pieces out of the long sides of the cover 
to form the entrances. The front end of the 
cover forms the dash board. 

5. Shape the arms of the seats. 

6. Pivot the shafts to the front corners of the 
body. Use very strong cardboard or thin 
wooden splints for the shafts. 

7. Make the wheels of heavy cardboard or cut 
them out of cigar-box wood. 

8. Fasten the end of a discarded metal pencil 
holder into a front corner for the whip socket. 

9. Harness a little toy horse into the cart. 
Use heavy cord or tape for the harness. 

10. Paint the cart black and the wheels red. 



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| Writing paper box 





Two ends of box 
cut for seats. 



5eats fastened 
into coven 




Sides cut down Arms of seats shaped 
for entrances Shafts pivoted on. 




Cardboard wheels 
Hair pin axles. 



Details of Pony Cart. 



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BABY SULKY. 

Use a small candy box, a large spool and two 
hairpins. 

1. Cut off both ends of the box; use one end 
for the seat and the other end for the part into 
which the spool is fitted. 

2. Shape the arms and back ; cut the slats. 

3. Shape the lower part as shown in the pic- 
ture. iYou can not see the lack of this piece, so 
I will tell you that there is a short vertical part 
of the box which is not to be cut away. This 
makes a strong frame in which the "wheels" 
will roll freely. 

4. Make the "tongue" of very heavy card- 
board, thin wood or tin. 

5. Fasten the seat and bottom frame together 
with the tongue between them. 

6. Prick holes in the tongue; bend a hairpin 
and fit it as a support for the tongue. 

7. Fasten the spool in with a hairpin axle. 

8. Paint it bright red. 



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TO AND FRO. 

Place your tiny baby doll 

In this little swing ; 
And so that she won't tumble out 

Tie her with some string. 

Then when baby's safely in, 

Push her to and fro. 
Make believe she is alive 

And hear her laugh and crow. 



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Baby Swing. 



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BABY SWING. 

Use a fairly large candy box with a cover 
which overlaps only a little, and a smaller candy 
box. 

1. Stand the larger box on its end across the 
middle of its cover ; fasten them firmly together. 

2. Cut the openings in sides and back as shown 
in the details. Do not weaken the swing by mak- 
ing the uprights too frail. 

3. Use the smaller box for the swinging seat ; 
cut the slats and openings of this seat as shown 
in the details. 

4. Pivot the seat into the upright with a hair- 
pin. Adjust it so that it swings freely. 

5. Paint it green or bright red. 



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Candy box and cover Smaller candy box 




larger box on end Upright shaped 
fastened to its cover Hair pin through top 





Smellier box shaped Seat suspended in 
mto sv/m^m^ seat, upright by hair pin. 

Details of Baby Swing. 



58 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 



A MARKSMAN. 

For a target set up spools, 

One upon the other. 
See who first can knock one down, 

You or little brother. 

Every time a spool goes down, 
It counts "one" in the game. 

He will make the highest score 
Who takes the straightest aim. 



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CANNON. 

Use a small candy box, a small pasteboard 
mailing tube, a large ribbon spool, a hairpin and 
a large flat elastic band. 

1. Cut away one short end of the box; shape 
the other end and sides as shown in the details 
to form the "gun carriage." 

2. Slant the box against the spool; when it 
looks right, prick four holes in the bottom of 
the box; curve two hairpins to fit around the 
spool ; fit them under the spool and push the ends 
up through the four holes ; bend the ends in op- 
posite directions. The wires must be loose 
enough to allow the " wheels" to roll. 

3. Double the elastic band; hold one loop 
against each side of the tube; put string or 
gummed tape through these loops and bind 
firmly around the tube. Put a fastener at top 
and bottom to prevent the tape or string from 
slipping. 

4. Pivot the "gun" with a hairpin. 

5. Paint the "gun" and "carriage" black. 
Paint the wheels silver with black tires. 

6. Use a blunt stick for the projectile. 



WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 61 




Candy box 
^Pasteboard mailing tube 
. Urq>e spool. 
jLaif^flat elastic band.^ 




Box shaped for body Curve two hairpins und<*r ■'. 
of J6\m carriage'.' " spool- up through floor of 

body- bend in opposite directions 





Elastic band doubled and fastened through loops 
by string hound around tube- String held in 
place "by brasslfastenef sjat top and botto m 

6im mounted on carnage' 
by ha\r p'm - pivoted so 
Qun can bo"trained"hi^>h 
or low- use a blunt ^ 
stick for the projectile* 




Details of Cannon. 



62 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 



FORT. 

Use any box of suitable size and shape. 

1. Cut away the back so that the cannons can 
be rolled in and " operated." Cut the battle- 
ments at the top. Cut the "ports" through 
which the muzzles of the cannons will project. 

2. Fasten flags at the corners. You might 
make a taller "staff" with a tiny ring or wire 
loop at the top. Eun a string through the ring 
and raise and lower your flag as real soldiers do. 
Lower it at "sunset" but I suspect you won't be 
likely to raise it at "sunrise," except perhaps 
on Fourth of July. 

3. Fasten your fort to its platform and "sta- 
tion sentinels" on guard. 

4. You probably have plenty of paper soldiers. 
I suggest that you draw and paint one for your- 
self. Think what fun it will be to dress him in 
just the kind of "uniform" you wish. 

5. Cut a pattern of your soldier and make 
enough more to "man" your " fortification. " 
Don't forget to design some smart little officers. 
Tack them to small blocks of wood. 



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64 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 

BATTLESHIP. 

Use a corset box and "odds and ends." 

1. Cut away both ends of the box and cover. 
Turn the cover up side down; fasten it inside the 
box with their top edges together. This forms 
the "deck." 

2. Draw pointed ends on bottom of the "hull." 
Draw slightly shorter points on the ends of the 
"deck." 

3. Cut away the triangular portions outside 
of the points. "Score" two lines on each side of 
the "hull." Bend the ends together. Clip off 
enough to make them fit the shorter ends of the 
deck. Lace these with string to form the 
"prow" and "stern." Complete these with 
tongs from candy boxes. 

4. The picture will show all the details for 
completing the ship. The masts are stuck 
through holes in the deck and held in place by 
string "rigging." The "revolving turrets" are 
embroidery silk spools pivoted on meat skewers 
stuck through the deck. The "guns" are ends 
of metal pencil holders or handles of old mucil- 
age brushes. The "crows' nests" are pill box 
and cover. The anchor is a hairpin. The 
"boats" are of folded paper and hang on hair- 
pin ' ' davits. ' ' The ' ' funnels ' ' are mailing tubes 
and the "smoke" is singed cotton wadding. 



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66 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 

GARDEN SWING. 

Use three shoe box covers of same size, one 
" square end" corset box and the cover of some 
small box, 

1. Cut an oblong hole out of the top of each 
of two of the covers, leaving %" margin on all 
four edges of each. 

2. Invert the third cover ; stand the two covers 
in it leaning together like a tent. Cut cardboard 
to fit between the tops and fasten firmly. Also 
fasten bottom edges to ends of inverted cover. 

3. Cut corset box cover in halves to form up- 
rights. 

4. Cut 4" piece from each end of corset box 
for seats. 

5. Shape seats and uprights; fasten them to- 
gether. Notice the " shelf " on which the front 
edge of the seat rests. Put fasteners through 
bottom of seat into " shelf" as well as through 
sides and uprights. 

6. Use small box or folded cardboard for 
' ' platform. ' ' Fasten with hairpins or fasteners. 
Make it loose enough to swing. 

7. Adjust the swing so that it will not touch 
the bottom. If necessary cut off some of the 
tops of uprights. Pivot the swing to the sup- 
port with heavy wire. 

8. Paint bright red or pretty green. 



WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 67 




Garden Swing. 



68 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 




Three shoe bo* covers 
The same size 



"Square end" corset box and cover. 





Cut oblonc) holes out of tops of two covers. 
Leave margin of about for* all four ed£>es. 

Invert third cover. 
Fit the other covers 
into this like a tent. 
Fasten at top with two 
triangular pieces of 
cardboard. 
Fasten at bottom edC/es. 





about 10 • 

Tall uprights of seats cut from cover. 




Two seats cut from two ends of box. 



Details of Garden Swing. 



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69 






Steps in shaping of seats 
fi<fe 




Steps m shaping uprights Fasten seat to 
Bend on dots to formn M shelf" sides and shelf." 




Platform" "made by small inverted box fastened 
between uprights by hairp'ms-loose enough to svwo 




Seats- uprights- platform suspended in 
tcntlike support by hairpins ov wire. 



Details of Garden Swing [continued] 



70 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 

FRYING PAN AND KETTLE. 

Use the small brass box in which your paper 
fasteners were packed, two hairpins and a small 
cork. 

1. Hold your box against the corner of some 
old piece of wood that will go partly inside of it. 
With a small nail and hammer punch two holes. 
Be sure that they are exactly opposite. 

2. Cut a piece of wire the right length for the 
"bail." Prick a hole with a hatpin through 
the length of the cork. Carefully force the wire 
through this hole. With a sharp knife whittle 
off the cork ; with a fine file [a nail file will do] 
smoothly round it off. A long bead might be 
used instead of a cork. 

3. Bend the "bail" down and in from the out- 
side of the kettle ; bend it up and pinch the ends 
against the bail. It should move freely. 

4. Punch two holes in edge of cover. Push 
the wire in from the outside; then up and over 
the edge. Pinch the hairpin until it is firm. 
Curve the handle. 

5. Use the frying pan and kettle on the little 
stove which I showed you how to make in a 
book on the making of paper box furniture. 



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Frying Pan and Kettle. 



72 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 



A WATCH-DOG. 

When you've made the little kennel 
And you've got your watch-dog, too, 

Chain him fast, I would advise you, 
So no harm he'll ever do. 

He will bark unless he's happy, 
And your neighbor might complain 

That he had disturbed their sleeping, 
Which would surely be a shame. 

Then a little tin box fasten 
Just beside him on the floor, 

So that he can drink, when thirsty, 
As he sits before his door. 

Our own beds are soft and downy, 
We use pillows at the head ; 

But as dogs don't care for such things, 
I'd make his of straw, instead. 



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74 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 

DOG KENNEL. 

Use a small collar box and some extra card- 
board. 

1. Hold the cover against the end of the box 
so that one corner projects above the top edge 
like the gable of a house. Draw line "A." Do 
the same with the opposite corner. Draw lines 
parallel to "A" and U A," making the "B" 
spaces %" wide. 

2. Cut away the " waste" part of the cover to 
make the two gable ends. 

3. Hold each gable so that the "B" space is 
inside. Put the fasteners 'through the box into 
the "B" space. 

4. Cut a large oblong hole in the bottom. 

5. Cut extra cardboard for the roof. Score 
and bend the " ridge pole" and fit it to the kennel. 

6. Put your hand through the hole in the bot- 
tom and fasten the roof to the edges projecting 
in from the gable ends. 

7. Cut the doorway. If the door is large 
enough, put your hand through it to fasten the 
kennel to the platform. If the doorway is small, 
use strips of cardboard and slits like those in the 
chicken coop. 

8. Paint the kennel ; chain a little toy dog by 
the door. 



WHEN" MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 75 





Two collar boxes -same size. 





On top of cover draw lines 
A and A as long as short end 
of box . Make B about £ wide 



Cut "waste" away to 
form gable ends 





Fasten §able ends to house. Cut oblong hole in bottom. 




Hake roof from extra cardboand. Cut door way- Fasten house 
"Scoreand bend Vid^e pole I f\tt to platform with strips of 
hand through hole to fasten roof, cardboard put- through slits. 



Details of Dog Kennel. 



76 WHEN M0THEK LETS US MAKE TOYS 

TWO-STORY COTTAGE. 

Use a large flat cover, corrugated cardboard 
[used for packing bottles], two collar boxes of 
the same size and an extra cover of the same size. 

1. Make the second story and roof exactly as 
the dog kennel is made. Turn the other box bot- 
tom up. Stand the upper part of the house on 
it. 

2. From two ends of one cover cut pieces to 
form the porch and its roof. Make them wider 
than the porch as shown in the picture. Slip 
the "roof " between the upper and lower "sto- 
ries." Put your fingers through the windows 
and fasten the three parts together. 

3. Place the "porch" under the first "story" 
so that it projects the same as the "roof." 
Fasten to sides of house. Fasten in little card- 
board "posts" to support the roof. 

4. Make the "foundation" from the other two 
covers. Fasten strips of cardboard to project 
below bottom edges of the house. Make these 
strips long enough to be fastened down sides of 
foundation and bent out and fastened to "lawn." 

5. Fasten front steps between porch and foun- 
dation and to the "lawn." 

6. Paint house white, lawn green, roof dark 
red. 



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PLAYING CROQUET. 

Each ball must through the wickets go, 

Before the game is done. 
If you're the first to hit the stake, 

Then you the game have won. 



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80 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 

CROQUET SET. 

Use a large flat box such as union suits are 
packed in, a " dowel," hairpins or wire, two meat 
skewers, two button molds and marbles. 

1. From the end of a large " dowel" or small 
curtain rod, saw pieces for the heads of the mal- 
lets. Whittle a groove around the middle of each. 

2. Bend a piece of wire or a very long hairpin 
around each piece ; pinch it into the groove ; wind 
string, gummed cloth tape or adhesive plaster 
around the projecting wires to form the handle. 

3. Bend nine hairpins into arches. 

4. Turn the box bottom up; draw lines and 
measure to locate places for the wickets; prick 
eighteen holes. 

5. Turn the box right side up and push the 
ends of the wickets down through pricked holes ; 
bend one end of each wicket wire toward one end 
of box and the other end toward the opposite 
end of the box. 

6. Press the box into its cover; fasten tnem 
through their sides. The loose wickets will 
stand rigidly upright. 

7. Force the skewers into the button molds. 
Be sure the bottoms are flat ; then glue the molds 
to the "lawn." 

8. Paint the "lawn" green; stripe the stakes, 
mallets and balls to match. 



WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 81 




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Cut two maallct heads from a dowel 
jjjyh^) Whittle groove around middle of head 




[or soft 



wire] around the head 
Pinch into groove 



"Tightly wind handle with string 
or adhesive tape 




Lonc^widQ^sh allow box (union-suit box] 

•__] Bend points of hairpins toward 

Onkbottom locate and ^p^Leendiof box ■ 
prick holes for wickets Glue in stakesfmeat skewer 



Lbutton mold 




Set box into cover and fasten 
This makes wickets stand firmly upright 



Details of Croquet Set. 



82 WHEN" MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 

RING TOSS. 

For a small ring toss use a pill box, meat 
skewer, button mold and brass embroidery rings. 

For a larger ring toss use a circular candy box, 
a dowel [a piece of cane or umbrella handle will 
do] and rings made of wire or twisted rope. 

The directions given are for the small one 
shown in the picture. 

1. Punch a hole in the middle of the cover; 
stick the skewer through the hole. 

2. Force the lower end of skewer into the hole 
of a button mold [which fits box if possible]. If 
it is loose, glue it. 

3. Set the button mold down into the box; 
slide the cover down the skewer so that it fits 
on the box. 

4. If the skewer does not stand firmly upright, 
take the cover off and drop a little glue under 
the button mold. 

5. Slide the cover down again and fasten it 
to the box by sticking two ordinary pins through 
opposite sides. 

6. Paint bright red. The stake might be 
painted red and then striped with white. 

7. Plan a system of counts for keeping score 
when you play the game. 



WHEN" MOTHER LETS ITS MAKE TOYS 83 




Eing Toss. 



"84 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 



AN EASTER GIFT. 

At Easter time, this little coop 
Will give dear mother pleasure, 

As gifts made by her boy or girl 
She's always sure to treasure. 



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86 WHEN" MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 

CHICKEN COOP. 

Use a loaf sugar box or any deep box with an 
overlapping cover. 

1. Cut off one corner of the box and cover so 
that when they stand together on their cut edges 
they will form a coop. 

If you haven't such a box, you can use the cor- 
ner of any deep box with an ordinary cover, by 
fastening the two pieces together. 

2. Cut the slats for the front. 

3. Stand the coop on its platform; mark 
around it with a pencil. 

4. Cut four slits on the pencil mark. Fasten 
four cardboard strips inside of the bottom edge 
of the coop. 

5. Push the strips down through the slits; 
bend them outward; put fasteners through the 
platform into the strips. 

6. Paint the " grass" green and the coop 
white. You might glue artificial moss to the 
platform for " grass." 

7. Fasten some tiny yellow chicks to the plat- 
form, and a small tin box for their food. If you 
have a very small toy hen you can fasten her 
inside of the coop. 



WHEN MOTHER LETS TJS MAKE TOYS 87 




Loaf su^ar box or 
any deep box with 
overlapping cover. 




Cut one corner from Fasten parte together 
box and cover T Cut Raisin front. 




fasten projecting strips of cardboard to bottom 
Gdoes-Cut corresponding) slits in platform. 




Push strips through s)its -Fasten to platform. 

Details of Chicken Coop. 



88 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 

BUNGALOW. 

I shall not tell you just how to make this little 
bungalow, but simply say that it is made from a 
correspondence card box and its cover. 

The roof and gable are made from the cover. 
The ~box is used for the "down stairs" part of 
the house. The "yard" is made from the cover 
of a larger box. The lattice work in the windows 
is made with narrow strips of gummed tape. 

You may puzzle out for yourself how to make 
it, or you may use this only as a suggestion and 
design an original bungalow. 

This little bungalow is only six inches high 
and very cunning. Tou could use much larger 
boxes and add new ideas for bay windows, 
porches, window boxes, etc. 

You might put thin colored paper back of the 
lattice work ; then put a tiny electric light bulb 
inside. 

You might "plant" little bushes or trees in 
your yard, using evergreen twigs set in small 
spools glued to the "lawn." You might glue 
bits of evergreen to the "fence" and turn it into 
a ' ' hedge. ' ' You might make ' i graveled ' ' walks, 
using coarse sandpaper. 



WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 89 




90 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 



PLAYING STORE. 

If you make small weights of tin or lead 

To put into one tray, 
These scales you then can really use, 

When keeping store you play. 

If you cut some little paper coins, 
Your dolls their bills can pay, 

When to your store they come to buy 
On dollies' market day. 



WHEN MOTHER LETS TJS MAKE TOYS 91 




92 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 

SCALES. 

Use a small, shallow paper box, a box with a 
sliding cover such as cough drops are packed in, 
a pill box, a hairpin and some coarse thread. 

1. Turn the larger box bottom up. Stand the 
smaller box on its end across the middle of the 
inverted box; fasten very firmly with at least 
three fasteners. 

2. Slide the cover down over the box. 

3. Cut a narrow slit through both broad sides 
of the cover and through the box down which 
you slid the cover. This slit must be long and 
wide enough for the " balance bar" to move 
freely up and down. 

4. Cut the balance bar from very strong card- 
board or whittle it from cigar-box wood. You 
might even cut it from the cover of a tin cracker- 
box. 

5. Use the pill box and its cover for the weigh- 
ing pans. Remove the extra rim of cardboard 
in the box by running the point of a knife be- 
tween the parts. Then the trays will balance. 

6. With a darning needle and coarse thread 
suspend the pans. 

7. Paint the pans and bar silver, top of plat- 
form white and all the rest of the scales blue. 



WHE^ MOTHER LETS ITS MAKE TOYS 93 




Shallow paper box 
► Sliding cou^h drop box 



Pill box 




Smaller box fastened 
on top of larger box/ 



Cover of box slid down over 
bo* —Slit cut through both 




"Balance bar" through slit. Wetyhin^ pane* suspended 
Pivoted with hair pin. by thread. 

Details of Scales. 



94 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAE^ TOYS 



DAIRY LUNCH ROOM. 

Use chocolate peppermint boxes, ordinary 
size spools and larger spools. 

1. From each end of the cover and box cut a 
piece that can be shaped into a little chair seat. 
There will be four chairs. 

2. Cut the slats and arms. 

3. Place each seat on top of an ordinary spool. 
Tack on with very small ' ' brads. ' ' 

4. Make the table by tacking a circular piece 
of heavy cardboard on top of a larger spool. 
You might use, instead, cigar box wood or an 
inverted cover of a pill or powder box. 

5. Use a large pasteboard suit box for the 
" lunch room." Cover the "floor" with oil 
cloth, glazed paper, or paint blue and white 
squares to suggest "tiles." 

6. Arrange your little tables and chairs like a 
restaurant. Cut tiny paper napkins and vise the 
smallest dishes you can find. 

7. At one end of "room" make a "counter" 
and fix it up with little plates, cups, tin boxes, 
etc., so that it will look "real." 



WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 95 




" Dairy Lunch Room." 



96 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 



CHUMS. 

Of all the friends I've ever had, 

I like my sister best ; 
For as a chum, in work or play, 

She always stands the test. 

If I suggest that we make toys, 
She's filled with such delight, 

That off she goes and hunts things up 
And helps with all her might. 

Of course, she's very small indeed, 
While I'm a great big lad ; 

But all the same, she is, for sure, 
Of chums, the best I've had. 



WHEN MOTHER LETS TJS MAKE TOYS 97 




Chums. 



98 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 

TROLLEY CAR. 

Use a cylindrical hat box, six shoe boxes of 
same size, cover of corset box, sixteen largest 
size button molds. 

1. Across the top of hat box cover draw four 
parallel lines. Make middle space as wide as 
the shoe box. Make two narrow spaces as wide 
as the rim of hat box cover is high. Extend the 
lines down the sides of cover. 

2. Cut where lines "1" go down the side; 
score lines "1" and bend until the two "C" 
spaces break off. 

3. Cut the four short edges marked "S"; 
score "2" and bend "B" doivn; score the four 
little "x" lines and bend projecting pieces in- 
ward and fasten to "B." 

4. Turn the hat ~box bottom up; draw four 
parallel lines across the bottom and down the 
sides as in making the "roof." 

5. Cut away the "G" spaces of bottom and 
sides ; turn the box right side up ; cut the verti- 
cal sides down to 7" in height. 

6. Cut the four short edges marked "R"; 
score lines "W" and bend "F" inward; score 
lines "4" and bend "E" downward. 

7. Set the roof on; fasten at the ends and at 
the top of the four "F" spaces; cut front and 
back openings. 



WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 99 




100 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 



One cylindrical hat box 
for body and roof of car. 

Six shoe boxes and covers- 
all the same size- for seats. 

One corset box cover 
for "running board" 

Sixteen largest size button 
molds and wire for wheels 
and axles. 





Roof of car. 



Measure A to equal the width of shoe boxes. 

Measure B to equal height of rim of hat box cover 

CutonJines 1 and discard C. 

Gut on lines 5. 

"Score" on lines 2 and bend B down . 

"Score" on lines X-Bend and fasten to B. 

flake arch for top of roof from extra cardboard. 



Details of Trolley Car. 



WHEN MOTHER LETS ITS MAKE TOYS 



101 





Box -bottom up. 

Measure D to equal the width of shoe boxes. 

Measure E and F each about |" 

Cut on lines 3 - Discard G- Reverse position of box 





Body of car. 

Cut ends dowr^to about 7" for height of body. 
Cut on lines R -Score" lines W- Bend F inward 
"5core" lines 4 -Bend E down to faster) runnino board" 





Fasten roof to body- Cut openings in front and back ends 
Make "running board" of ed$es of corset box cover and 
fasten securely to E 

Details of Trolley Car [continued]. 



102 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 

8. Cut a 7" piece from one end of each of the 
six covers for the uprights in the car. 

9. Turn three of the boxes bottom up ; from 
the ends cut six seats 2" high and 1%" wide. 

10. Shape the seats and uprights as shown in 
the picture and fasten them together. 

11. Make the front and rear " double seats" 
by fastening two uprights back to back. 

12. Stand the seats on the floor of the car; 
space them equally; mark where they are to be 
fastened. 

13. Fasten bottom edge of each upright to the 
floor. 

14. After the seats are fastened to the floor, 
see that they stand straight; fasten the upper 
end of each upright to the overhanging "B" 
space of the roof. 

15. Turn another box bottom up ; cut it 2%" 
in height; shape and complete the " truck," us- 
ing wire for axles and button molds for wheels. 
Glue two molds face to face to form each wheel. 

16. Set the body of car on the truck; put fast- 
eners down through the floor into top of truck. 

17. Fasten small box in front with hairpin 
handle. Put a fastener through a button mold 
for a head light. 

18. Paint it like some real car and be sure to 
remember to paint its number and street sign. 



WHEN" MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 103 



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Cut d)l six shoe box covers 
7" for uprights of seats. 




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Cut six seats from ends 
of three shoe boxes. 





Back- 5eat - Fastened ^f|P» ^ Two seats 

fastened "back to back" for the 
fron t and rear "double seats! 

Fit seats into body of car-Space equally 
fasten into floor through bottom ends 
of uprights. 

Fasten upper parts of uprights 
through overhanging part <rf roof. 




Cut another shoe box down to 2£ height- Shape ends and sides 
Glue two button molds to form one wheel-Use wire for axles 



Fasten "truck" to bottom of 
car- Use enou9h fasteners 
to make it stron g 
Button mold for "head li<jht" 




Details of Trolley Car [concluded]. 



104 WHEN" MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 

HOUSE WITH STAIRWAY. 

Use four deep hat boxes, a corset box, a candy 
box and extra cardboard. 

1. Fasten hat boxes together to form rooms. 
Cut doors and windows. Make roof of extra 
cardboard. 

2. Cut out bottom of candy box except about 
two inches which must be saved for the "land- 
ing." Cut an opening in the side of candy box 
at the "landing." 

3. Fit the box into back corner of upstairs 
room. Draw through the bottom hole on to the 
" floor." Cut down through the floor on three 
sides of the hole. Score the hack edge; bend 
the piece so that it slants down from "ceiling" 
of room belqw. 

4. Push end of corset box up through the hole 
in the floor and candy box. Adjust the slant and 
cut off left over part at the top. Fasten bottom 
of corset box to the piece which slants down. 
Fasten candy box and corset box to the back and 
side walls. 

5. Cut a long strip of thin cardboard as wide 
as the corset box. Draw lines across at equal 
distances to form "treads" and "risers" for the 
steps. Score and bend these. Adjust them and 
fasten to corset box bottom with darning needle 
and coarse thread. 



WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 105 

6. Make the furniture for each room as de- 
scribed in "When Mother Lets Us Make Paper 
Box Furniture/' 




House with Stairway. 



106 WHEN MOTHER LETS US MAKE TOYS 



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ROCKING HOBSE. 

Use two pieces of heavy cardboard for the 
horses and a small candy box and its cover for 
the parts between the horses. 

1. Lay some thin paper over the "pattern" of 
the horse and trace it. With a piece of carbon 
paper, or by blackening the back of the paper on 
which you traced the horse, transfer the pattern 
to each of the pieces of heavy cardboard. 

2. Cut the horses out with scissors. If the 
cardboard is very heavy, you may need to use a 
sharp knife. 

3. Cut the tray and seat from the two ends 
of the ~box. 

4. Cut the foot rest and back brace from the 
two ends of the cover. 

5. Fasten these four parts between the horses 
as shown in the "pattern" and "picture." 

6. Paint the entire toy white. "When it is dry, 
use black and red paint with a fine brush to paint 
the mane, tail, harness and seat. 



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5maM candy box and cover 




Tray and seat cut from box 



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Foot rest and back brace 
cut from the cover 

Fasten these four parts between 
the two horses as shown in pattern" 



Details of Rocking Horse. 



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GREAT FUN. 

Set the car right at the top 

All ready for a start. 
Give it just a little push 

And down the slide 'twill dart. 



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ROLLER COASTER. 

Use two wide corset boxes of the same size, a 
small spool box and eight small button molds. 

1. Cut about 11" from one end and about 6" 
from the other end of the same box. 

2. Stand the larger piece up on its cut edges ; 
place the smaller piece on the upper end as shown 
in the details. Fasten them together. 

3. Turn one cover upside down. In one end 
of it stand the parts you fastened together. 
Fasten them in this position. 

4. Turn the other cover upside down; cut, 
score and bend it at the ends as shown in the 
details of the " slide." 

5. Adjust the " slide" so that one projecting 
piece rests on the platform. The two project- 
ing pieces of the long sides will fit against the 
outside of the platform. The bottom end will 
rest in the bottom cover. Fasten the slide as in- 
dicated. 

6. The " slide" can be extended on the floor 
by adding other covers; or the car can run out 
on the floor. 

7. The little car is made like the pony cart. 

8. Do not paint the floor of the " slide" or the 
wheels so that the car will coast freely. 



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Two corset boxes — Same size 




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Upright and "platform"- cut from one boy 




"Platform" fastened to upright. 
Upright fastened into cover for base. 




Cover cut,"scored"and bent to form slide" 
"olide" firmly fastened to platform and base. 



Details of Roller Coaster. 



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MAKING CALLS. 

When dollie goes to make her calls 
On friends, some fine clear day, 

They'll think she's very stylish, if 
She comes in her coupe. 

If you make some cards quite small, 
And on them print her name, 

Her friends will all consider her 
A proper little dame. 



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COUPE. 

Use two shoe boxes of the same size. 

1. Fasten one box on top of its cover. 

2. Cut the second box in halves for the seats. 

3. Fasten the seats inside of the first box about 
an inch and a half below the top edge. 

4. Set the second cover on top of the seats to 
form the canopy top. 

5. Cut pieces out of the long sides of the box 
to form the entrances. 

6. Cut out the " window" openings. If you 
have some pieces of transparent celluloid or isin- 
glass, you might put them in the windows so that 
your carriage will be a " closed" one. 

7. Cut large wheels of very heavy cardboard 
or cigar-box wood ; put them on with wire axles. 

8. Paint dark green or black. 



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Two shoe boxes and covers -same size. 







Fasten cme box Cut second box into 
on top of its cover. halves for seats. 





Fasten the seats. Fasten cover on for top 





Cut openings \r\ Cut wheels from extra 
sides and back, piece of cardboard. 
Hairpin foraxles. K JBendends of axles. 

Details of Coupe. 



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LOCOMOTIVE. 

Use cylindrical paper box and candy box of 
same length, a correspondence card box of the 
same width as candy box and sixteen largest size 
button molds. 

1. Draw a line across bottom of cylindrical 
box to make it the shape of front end of "boiler. " 
Continue this line up both vertical sides. Score 
all three lines. Cut down the vertical side of 
box between scored lines and around lower edge 
between same lines. Bend the three parts out 
and trim off like the boiler in the details. 

2. Shape the lower part ; fasten boiler on and 
cut hole for "stack." Fasten bell on; push a 
thimble up through a hole in the boiler and 
fasten a strip under it. This is the " whistle.' ' 

3. Fasten a pill box through its side to top 
of boiler. Cut circle out of cover and glue 
orange paper in for the "light"; fasten cover 
on to its box with pins through its sides. 

4. Fasten extra projecting strips inside of 
back edge of boiler ; bend these outward to fasten 
to "cab." Also fasten "cab" to back end of 
candy box. Use correspondence card box for 
the "coal tender" and the cover for the "cab." 

5. Make "cowcatcher" from corner of a 
small box. Fasten its top between boiler and 
candy box. 



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Cylindrical paper box f bird seed box] 
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Cut-"score-bend bo* to make boiler 




Shape lower part fvorn candy box 




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Fasten boiler on -Cut hole for stack. 



Details of Locomotive. 



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Fasten headlight-stack- bell-whistle 




Fasten on cab and cow-catcher. 




Button mold and cardboard wheels 



Details of Locomotive [continued]. 



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IN APPRECIATION. 

In an " ingenuity contest' ' entered into by my 
students, four of them made toys which are in- 
cluded in this book. 

I am sure that my little toymaking readers 
join with me in appreciative acknowledgment 
of their clever ideas. 

Battleship made by Grethe Guenther. 

Locomotive made by Helen Hatscher. 

Garden Swing made by Marie Heddaeus. 

Bungalow made by Martha Leigh. 



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